Time flys by when you're having fun .......................................
Progress on the bus has been tiny, I'm a mug , I should really be getting stuck into it and finishing off the details (self flagellation in progress)
Instead
I've had a wee play with the truck , built a sway bar mount for the rear , adapted a sway bar from an old mercedes I have in the yard. Repositioned the rear shocks , adjusted the overload springs , all in an attempt to make the truck more stable when carrying the camper.
Mostly it's worked too , but the tyres were a let down. If you look at the first pics of the camper , you will see the truck has some standard LandCruiser 750/16 tyres and rims on the rear.
2 things about that , the side wall is just at it's comfortable limit under the load , so sway is still evident and also , NO HUBCAPS , lol , I really like the way the front looks , so stuff had to happen.
I got some original 15" artillery wheels (as on the front) and had a 16" rim adapted to them.
Then I had 245/75R16 tyres mounted. Great load capacity and excellent improvement in stability when loaded on the road.
Here is a before and after pic of the rims.
Then I have also stained the timber siding and sealed/painted the roof.
Cool, hubcaps all 'round now